Locked In

It's already November and there hasn't been one NBA game yet.  Honestly I haven't even missed it.  The product had become mediocre in the past few years anyway.  I have been following the same team for at least fifteen years probably.  Wow I'm showing my age, but I was just a child when I first started following them.  I have many memories of playing basketball when I was younger.  My family probably remembers some of them because they were funny at my expense.  There was that time when I hurt my finger and had to soak it in Epsom salt.  Yes I was made fun of then.  I remember getting a whooping for something so stupid and then being afraid to play basketball with the same person who gave it to me.  Finally my mom convinced me to go outside and it felt like nothing had happened before.  We played against a guy who played professionally overseas.  Hell I was doing And 1 moves before that all got big.  When we moved in 7th grade the people there were amazed that I could do a finger roll.  It's crazy all the memories that I have of basketball and now there is no basketball.  I don't even know if there is a way to choose sides.  Most of the NBA players suck anyway.  A jump shot doesn't really exist anymore.  I think that this lockout will hurt the lead since it was just starting to recover from the previous lockout.  The other day I saw something that said that soccer had higher average attendance than the NBA.  I didn't see that one coming.  As much as I love basketball, I'd much rather watch college.  There is not much better than March Madness.  The names change but the action stays the same.  So I can truthfully say thanks NBA we don't miss you.